Guide to the Records of the Home Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
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Fonds HO. Criminal Department, 1785 - 1882
Series HO 7. Convicts, Miscellaneous, 1785 - 1882
Minutes of the House of Commons Select Committee relating to the transportation of convicts to West Coast of Africa, 1785. Correspondence and papers, 1823-1835 include reports of incidents on convict ships, and lists of deceased convicts in New South Wales (1829, 1833, 1834)...
Series HO 10. Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania, 1787 - 1859
This Series of records contains musters listing male and female convicts living in the Colonies of New South Wales and Tasmania. Included in these lists are particulars as to the ships on which the convicts were transported, the date of their arrival in the Colony, when and where they were convicted, the sentence, whether they were still living in the Colony, marital status, religion, a list of pardons granted, and if no longer a convict where they were presently employed. The amount of information varies from list to list...
Subseries (Pieces 1-37, 52-55). New South Wales, 1787 - 1859
Abbreviations used in Census 1828 (HO 10/21-27):...
New South Wales. Female, 1816 (File 4. AJCP Reel No: 60-61)
i.e. All female arrivals between 1788-1810.
New South Wales. General Muster, 1811 (File 5. AJCP Reel No: 61)
Includes both free settlers and convicts.
New South Wales. Male: A-K, 1820 (File 12. AJCP Reel No: 63)
Convicts in NSW from 1810; arrivals up until 1820.
New South Wales. Male: L-Y, 1820 (File 13. AJCP Reel No: 64)
Convicts in NSW from 1810; arrivals up until 1820.
New South Wales. General Muster: A-C, 1837 (File 32. AJCP Reel No: 71)
Convicts: name, age, ship, date of arrival, name of master, district stationed.
New South Wales. General Muster, 1822 (File 36. AJCP Reel No: 72)
August 1822, general census NSW, including free settlers, convicts, children, wives, etc. The census excludes serving military, and does not include Tasmania...
Subseries (Pieces 38-51, 56-64). Tasmania, 1808 - 1859
Tasmania. Ledger Returns: A-R, 1846 (File 38. AJCP Reel No: 72-73)
HO 10/38 is a list of Tasmanian convicts from Great Britain and Ireland, dated 31st October 1846. The list provides names, dates and locations of trials, sentences, ship names, year of arrival, and other comments, e.g. "absconded 1839, cond. pardon 1845, died 1843."...
Series HO 11. Convict Transportation Registers, 1787 - 1870
These registers contain lists of convict ships and persons transported. The ships are arranged in order of their departure from the United Kingdom, with the date of sailing and destination. The names of convicts are arranged in alphabetical order according to the place of conviction. There are three types of registers:...
Series HO 13. Criminal Papers. Entry Books, 1786 - 1871
This Series is comprised of copies of out-letters, warrants and pardons from the Secretary of State for the Home Office. Letters include those to Justices of Assize Courts, Sheriffs, Mayors and private individuals who have presented petitions to the Home Office regarding certain prisoners. The letters have been copied chronologically. Volume 5 is the only volume that has been filmed with an index...
Series HO 16. Old Bailey Sessions, 1815 - 1849
Mmonthly returns by the Clerk of the Sessions concerning the prisoners committed for trial at the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for the City of London and County of Middlesex, with the charges laid against them, the verdict and sentence. Age of the prisoners is noted from April 1834. The arrangement of names is in order of the severity of the sentence, from death and transportation for life, to delivered by proclamation. Each month has a separate return for London and Middlesex and from November 1834 (Volume 5, f. 255) the returns are under the general heading of Central Criminal Court with a separate listing for London, Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey and Admiralty...
Series HO 25. Entry Books. Public Departments, 1850 - 1871
This Series consists of out-letters to various departments, dealing largely with accounts and with matters relating to the convicts. The letters are arranged chronologically. Some volumes contain a chronological index, giving page numbers, the subject of the letter and to whom it was written, and an index under the headings of Departments to which the letters were addressed.
Letter books, 1850 (File 1. AJCP Reel No: 3123)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington on behalf of G. Grey relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1850 - 1851 (File 2. AJCP Reel No: 3123)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington and E. P. Bouverie on behalf of G. Grey relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1852 (File 3. AJCP Reel No: 3123-3124)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington on behalf of G. Grey relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1853 - 1854 (File 4. AJCP Reel No: 3124)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington and H. FitzRoy on behalf of Viscount Palmerston relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1854 - 1855 (File 5. AJCP Reel No: 3124-3125)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington on behalf of Viscount Palmerston relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1855 - 1856 (File 6. AJCP Reel No: 3125)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington on behalf of G. Grey relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1856 - 1859 (File 7. AJCP Reel No: 3125)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington and W. Massey on behalf of G. Grey, S. H. Walpole and T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1859 - 1862 (File 8. AJCP Reel No: 3126)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington and George Clive on behalf of T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt, Sir George Lewis and Sir George Grey relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1862 - 1864 (File 9. AJCP Reel No: 3126)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington, George Clive and H. A. Bruce on behalf of Sir George Grey relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1864 - 1866 (File 10. AJCP Reel No: 3127)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington and T. G. Baring on behalf of Sir George Grey relating to convicts...
Letter books, 1866 - 1868 (File 11. AJCP Reel No: 3127)
Out-letters written by H. Waddington, T. G. Baring and J. Ferguson on behalf of Sir George Grey, S. H. Walpole and G. Hardy relating to convicts...
Series HO 26. Criminal Registers. Series I, 1791 - 1849
R registers listing for the county of Middlesex all persons charged with indictable offences, 1791-1849. The lists contain the person's name, description, birthplace, the alleged crime, the sentence - whether death, transportation, or a term of imprisonment - and when the sentence was executed. Acquitals are also noted, and in the case of transportation, the date and to whom the prisoner was delivered...
Series HO 27. Criminal Register. Series II, 1805 - 1868
These registers contain similar information to Series I, for all other counties, 1805-1868. Middlesex is included only after 1850...
Fonds HO. General registers, registered papers, warrant and entry books and correspondence, etc., 1779 - 1871
Series HO 28. Correspondence and Papers, Departmental. Admiralty, Correspondence, 1780 - 1840
Series of correspondence and papers received by the Home Office from the Admiralty, mainly concerned with the Admiralty's part in transporting convicts - the necessary food and clothing for the convicts and victualling of ships. These may be divided into three groups:...
Series HO 29. Correspondence and Papers, Departmental. Admiralty, Entry Books, 1779 - 1826
These entry books are composed of out-letters, warrants and instructions from the Home Office to the Admiralty, concerned mainly with the Admiralty's part in transporting convicts. They may be divided into two groups:...
Subseries (Pieces 1-7). General, 1779 - 1826
Admiralty entry books, 1779 - 1815 (File 1. AJCP Reel No: 1164)
Warrants and instructions from the Home Office to the Admiralty...
Admiralty entry books, 1784 - 1793 (File 2. AJCP Reel No: 1164)
Out-letters from the Home Office to the Admiralty...
Admiralty entry books, 1793 - 1796 (File 3. AJCP Reel No: 1164)
Out-letters from the Home Office to the Admiralty...
Admiralty entry books, 1796 - 1803 (File 4. AJCP Reel No: 1164)
Out-letters from the Home Office to the Admiralty...
Admiralty entry books, 1803 - 1810 (File 5. AJCP Reel No: 1164)
Out-letters from the Home Office to the Admiralty...
Series HO 30. Correspondence and Papers, Departmental. War and Colonial Office, 1794 - 1840
This Series comprises original in-letters from the Secretary for War and the Colonies to the Home Office and an entry book of out-letters from the Home Office to the War and Colonial Office mainly dealing with convicts, their health and discipline...
Series HO 31. Correspondence and Papers, Departmental. Council Office, 1782 - 1812
This Series is largely composed of Orders in Council received by the Home Office in connection with the establishment of the penal settlement in New South Wales, and the transportation of convicts to that Colony. It may be divided into two sections:...
Series HO 34. Correspondence and Papers, Departmental. Public Offices, 1836 - 1871
Besides separate Correspondence and Entry Books for the Admiralty, Council Office, Treasury and Customs, War and Colonial Office which together cover the period 1782-1840, entry books for Public Offices generally were kept between 1837-1860. Letters to these Public Offices are concerned mainly with convicts and the maintenance of law and order in the Colony. Letters are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of each volume: under the title of each Public Office is a list of the letters addressed to it with appropriate page numbers...
Series HO 35. Correspondence and Papers, Departmental. Treasury and Customs, 1781 - 1830
This Series includes in-letters received by the Home Office from the Treasury 1781-1800, and from Treasury and Customs 1801-1830, mainly concerned with the costs of the transportation of the convicts...
Series HO 36. Correspondence and Papers, Departmental. Treasury Entry Books, 1785 - 1849
These letters are mainly in reply from the Home Office to the Treasury as to whether certain bills and gratuities should be paid, and concerning the costs of transportation of convicts. The letters are entered chronologically, with a subject index at the end of each volume...
Series HO 42. Correspondence and papers, Domestic and general. George III, 1782 - 1820
Most of the documents filmed by the Australian Joing Copying Project comprise correspondence and other papers of the Secretary of State and officials of the Home Office relating to prisons and the transportation of convicts. They include reports on overcrowding in prisons and requests for the removal of convicts; petitions by or on behalf of convicts; proposals for convict settlements in several countries; reports on the convict hulks; lists of convicts under sentence of transportation; estimates of the cost of sending convicts to New South Wales (1786); reports on the chartering of convict ships; conditions on the ships and incidents on voyages; the proposals of Jeremy Bentham for Panopticon penitentiaries (1794-1810) and pardons granted to convicts by governors...
Letters and papers, 1782 (File 1. AJCP Reel No: 7194)
J. Aclair (Old Bailey) re pardon for Patrick Madan on condition of transportation, 11 April 1782 (Item ff.43-46)
Lord Loughborough on behalf of Francis Winterton, ordered to be transported, 12 July 1782 (Item f.178)
Petition on behalf of John Birch under sentence of transportation to Africa, wishes to volunteer for Navy, 10 August 1782 (Item f.238)
Sampson Wright (Bow St.) to Townshend re changing punishment of persons under sentence of transportation, 24 August 1782 (Item ff.290-294)
Includes list of London roads to be guarded.
John Kinghorn (Capt. Dan Keyser) with list of prisoners on board bound for Africa, 1 November 1782 (Item f.384)
Thomas Robertson (London) re his plan to employ convicts under sentence of transportation in Royal Navy, 30 November 1782 (Item ff.409-410)
Thomas Robertson (London) with copy of his plan to employ convicts subject to transportation in Royal Navy, 10 December 1782 (Item ff.428-431)
List of men confined in Savoy Prison sentenced by civil law to go to coast of Africa, 13 December 1782 (Item f.432)
Letters and papers, January 1783 - June 1783 (File 2. AJCP Reel No: 7195)
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Letters and papers, July-December 1783; undated (File 3. AJCP Reel No: 7196)
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Letters and papers, January 1784 - June 1784 (File 4. AJCP Reel No: 7196-7197)
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Letters and papers, July 1784 - December 1784 (File 5. AJCP Reel No: 7197)
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Letters and papers, January 1785 - June 1785 (File 6. AJCP Reel No: 7194)
Letters from John Barnes, Robert Heatley and Gill Slater (Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool) re settlement of convicts in Gambia, 7; 12-13 January 1785 (Item ff.27-33)
Thomas Bayley (Hope) re transportees enclosing calendar of prisoners in House of Correction at Manchester, 26 January 1785 (Item ff.48-50[a])
To J. Wallis (Dorchester) that Campbell not able to receive any more convicts on Justitia, January 1785 (Item f.63)
First report from Committee, 1785 (Item ff.373-382)
Appointed to enquire what proceedings have been had in the execution of an Act, passed in 24th year of reign of his present Majesty entitled 'An Act for the effectual transportation of felons and other offenders and to authorise the removal of prisoners in certain cases and for other purposes therein mentioned'. (Printed) (20pp). (Enquiry into settlement of convicts in Africa).
Letters and papers, July 1785 - December 1785 (File 7. AJCP Reel No: 7198)
Report of the Committee, [n.d.] (Item ff.3-22)
Appointed to enquire what proceedings have been had in the execution of an Act passed in the 24th year of the reign of His present Majesty entitled 'An Act for the effectual transportation of felons and other offenders and to authorise the removal of prisoners in certain cases; and for other purposes therein mentioned' and to report their opinion to the House what further measures may be necessary to carry the purposes of the said Act into effect: and being empowered to report their proceedings from time to time to the House [re transportation to Africa].
Estimates of expenditure on transportation, [n.d.] (Item ff.23-24)
'Total expense of conveying six hundred convicts to New South Wales including the purchase outfit, pay of the crew, and victualling as well as the provisions for the convicts admitting they were to be six months on board and the ships to be fifteen months upon their voyage'. Crossed out.
Copy of paper left with Lord Sydney by Col. Call, [n.d.] [c. August 1784; 1786?] (Item ff.49-57A)
Re exploration of South Seas; proposed settlement of convicts coast of N.S.W., New Zealand or New Caledonia; problem of natives; futures commercial possibilities.
Duncan Campbell (London) to Sir Evan Nepean re ships at Portsmouth for the reception of convicts, 20 September 1785 (Item ff.103-104)
John Crofts (Bristol) to Lord Sydney re overcrowding of gaol, requests removal of transportees. Encloses list of transportees, November 1785 (Item ff.155-156)
Correspondence between Evan Nepean, James Hill and Duncan Campbell re conditions on prison ships at Portsmouth, 16 December 1785 - 18 December 1785 (Item ff.170-174)
Joseph Loxdale (Shrewsbury) re over-crowding in gaol, requests removal of transportees, 12 July 1785 (Item 281-281A)
Letters and papers, January 1786 - June 1786 (File 8. AJCP Reel No: 7198)
Items of interest include:...
Letters and papers, July 1786 - October 1786 (File 9. AJCP Reel No: 7199)
Items of interest include: Petitions and memorials re overcrowding of gaols and requests for removals of transportees to Botany Bay (Exeter, Durham, Norwich, Lancaster, York etc.); list of transportees and convicts; petitions from and on behalf of transportees and convicts (including James Heading Justitia); requests to be sent to Botany Bay (including W. Williams to go as Chaplain; William Balmain as Surgeon; Henry Bayley; Lt. Bowen; Lt. Bray, as Naturalist; John Tremayne as Surgeon; P. Touch as Chaplain; John Harvy as Pilot); correspondence from Henry Bradley (Plymouth); George Moore (on problems encountered on taking convicts to Honduras); Captain Phillip. (f.83)
Letters and papers, November 1786 - December 1786 (File 10. AJCP Reel No: 7201)
Items of interest include: Petitions, lists and memorials re convicts and transportees; overcrowding of gaols; correspondence from Henry Bradley (Plymouth) re receipt of female convicts onto Dunkirk; copies of H.M. order in Council of 22 December 1786 re convicts sentenced to be transported to Africa and America changed to the coast of N.S.W.; Captain Phillip [n.d. Dec?] re ordering articles acceptable to natives, razors and combs for the convicts and cotton seeds (ff.301-302A) and 3 December 1786 re expenses he will incur (ff.303-304); J. Singleton, 5 November 1786 (Wigan) re sending cotton seeds to N.S.W. (f.383); John Henry Palmer 5 November 1786), (Ceres to Duke of Richmond re going to Botany Bay (f.384); Captain Blankett, November 1786 (Kimbolton) re suitability of Madagascar as a convict settlement (ff.418-422); [n.d.] Estimates of D. Campbell of charge of taking convicts to N.S.W., includes list of stores to be taken. (f.425-428).
Letters and papers, January 1787 - June 1787 (File 11. AJCP Reel No: 7200)
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Letters and papers, July 1787 - December 1787 (File 12. AJCP Reel No: 7201)
Paul Le Mesurier (Walbrook) re removal of transportees from Newgate, 10 August 1787 (Item ff.155-156 (114))
Copy of instructions to David Nelson (the Gardner), 20 August 1787 (Item ff.173-183 (107))
To proceed with Lt. Bligh in the Bounty for the purpose of conveying the breadfruit tree...to West Indies, signed by Joseph Banks.
Sir George Young (War Office) to ? that seen Captain Bligh on Bounty at Deptford (enclosed in Joseph Banks of 9 September 1787), 7 September 1787 (Item ff.220-221 (115))
Banks? (Boston) to ? re conversation with Bligh and breadfruit voyage, 9 September [1787?] (Item f.222 (115))
'The original plan of the voyage which I gave in to Mr Pitt and the instructions intended for Governor Phillip...' (Enclosed two in Sir Joseph Banks, 9 September 1787) (Pencil note Banks' letter wanting).
Letters and papers, 1788 (File 13. AJCP Reel No: 7201)
Letters and papers, January 1789 - August 1789 (File 14. AJCP Reel No: 7202)
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Letters and papers, September 1789 - December 1789 (File 15. AJCP Reel No: 7201)
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Letters and papers, January 1790 - August 1790 (File 16. AJCP Reel No: 7204)
Banks to Nepean re Spanish voyages of discovery and claims to American coast, 15 February 1790 (Item ff.39-40 (2nd doc. 8))
Heads of instruction for an expedition to the N.W. coast of America, February 1790 (Item ff.45-46 (10))
Archibald Menzies (London) to Joseph Banks with list of articles for trading with natives on N.W. coast of America, 4 April 1790 (Item ff.77-78 (15))
[List of items for expedition to N.W. coast of America] note (unsigned) that articles to be provided by Admiralty, reference to J. Banks estimate of £6,800. [Note on verso in Lord Hood's of 12 April 1790], 12 April 1790 (Item ff.86-88 (18))
Mr Mear's memorial [re trading on N.W. coast of America and losses due to Spanish actions]. (Printed), 30 April 1790 (Item ff.99-115)
John Mears [npl.] to Lord Grenville re voyage to N.W. coast of America, 18 May 1790 (Item ff.135-136 (23))
Statement of the value of furs exported from N.W. coast of America, 20 May 1790 (Item ff.139-143 (24))
Lord Grenville to South Sea Co., East India Co. and others re dispute with Spain over Nootka Sound, 5 August 1790 (Item ff.280-281 (49))
Lord Southhampton to Lord Grenville enclosing petition that John Forder should be transported to N.S.W. where his skills as a farmer will benefit the community, 7 August 1790 (Item ff.282-287 (50))
Letters and papers, September 1790 - December 1790 (File 17. AJCP Reel No: 7204)
Petition of Laurence Thuresson for losses incurred during American war, now on board Pandora, ordered to South Seas, 7 October 1790 (Item f.29 (27))
Petition of John Crowther, appointed assistant Chaplain to settlement at N.S.W., shipwrecked on Guardian, 2 December 1790 (Item f.87 (36))
Packages to be shipped in Discovery to go to Nootka and note, November 1790 (Item ff.120-124 (76))
Re conditions on which Archibald Menzies has been engaged to go to N.W. coast of America in Discovery, 1 January 1791.
Letters and papers, January 1791 - June 1791 (File 18. AJCP Reel No: 7203)
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Letters and papers, July 1791 - December 1791 (File 19. AJCP Reel No: 7204)
Michael Harris (London) re sending transportees to work on his lands in Nova Scotia rather than to Botany Bay, 6 August 1791 (Item f.485 (120))
Thomas Plummer (York) with calendar of prisoners under sentence of transportation, 20 August 1791 (Item ff.532-534 (109))
Letters and papers, January 1792 - June 1792 (File 20. AJCP Reel No: 7204)
John Moxon (Montgomeryshire), list of convicts in gaol sentenced to transportation, January 1792 (Item f.1)
Letters, petitions, memorials re convicts and removal of transportees. (Chester, Derby, etc.), January 1792 - February 1792 (Item ff.16-45)
Sir Richard Hill (House of Commons) re Carver, convict on board Lion for Botany Bay, 29 February 1792 (Item f.59 (24))
George Wirmly (Plymouth) re resolution of Dundas not to send female convicts past child-bearing to N.S.W., 26 March 1792 (Item ff.142-143)
John Spottiswood (London) with petition of Henry Jackson, transportee, 27 March 1792 (Item ff.146-149 (48))
Petitions, correspondence re convicts and removal of transportees (Newgate, Cardiff etc.) (Item ff.155-168)
Petitions, memorials re convicts and transportees (Leicester, Reading etc.) (Item ff.186-260)
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Petitions and memorials re convicts and removal of transportees (Hertford etc.) (Item ff.283-355)
(Several letters re Maria Newman)
Sir John Warren (London) re William Wood and George Glower, transportees, 12 June 1792 (Item ff.379-380 (174))
Letters and papers, July 1792 - September 1792 (File 21. AJCP Reel No: 7204)
D. Scott (London) re Captain Hartwell's succession to government of NSW, 19 July 1792 (Item ff.67-68 (50))
Sir Charles Bunbury (Newmarket) re removal of transportees bound for Port Jackson, 15 July 1792 (Item ff.98-101 (34))
William Lygon (Madersfield) re Richard Sutter, under sentence of death, 25 July 1792 (Item ff.202-203)
Sir Ralph Woodford (London) enclosing memorial from fur merchants of Nootka, 25 August 1792 (Item ff.403-406 (150))
Letters and papers, October 1792 - November 1792 (File 22. AJCP Reel No: 7204)
Thomas Bramston re Christopher Keetle and list of prisoners in Chelmsford Gaol, 3 October 1792 (Item ff.60-63 (135))
Thomas Watson (Maidstone) requesting removal of transportees who have already attempted to break out of prison, 14 October 1792 (Item ff.142-143 (162))
William Stedman (Pentonville) with petition of Thomas Wood under sentence of death, 18 October 1792 (Item ff.161-163 (170))
Letters and papers, December 1792 and undated (File 23. AJCP Reel No: 7204)
J.F. Cawthorne requesting removal of transportees, enclosing list of convicts in Lincoln Castle (gives name, age, description, profession, date of trial), 1 December 1792 (Item ff.39-42 (5))
Donald Trail (Stepney) offering two ships if owners of Sugar Cane will not allow her to take Irish convicts to N.S.W., 10 December 1792 (Item ff.298-299 (100))
Harrison (Southwark) re payment for board and lodging provided for crew of Neptune during investigation of Botany Bay contracts, 20 December 1792 (Item ff.456-457 (150))
Petitions on behalf of Thomas Radley, sentenced to death for highway robbery, [n.d]; 27 December 1792 (Item ff.489-494)
Governor Franklin (London) re Thomas Radley (Note: respited and to be transported), 25 December 1792 (Item ff.513-514)
Thomas Forster (Carlisle) requesting removal of transportee, 31 December 1792 (Item ff.611-612 (211))
Memorandum of a letter for the removal of female convicts to town, drawn up by Mr Bernard, not used, [n.d.] (Item ff.653-4)
List of male convicts under sentence of transportation in Castle of York. (Details include name, age, date of conviction, crime and sentence), 1792 (Item f.656)
Letters and papers, January 1793 - February 1793 (File 24. AJCP Reel No: 7204)
Letters and papers, March 1793 - June 1793 (File 25. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
David Bell (Sugar Cane, Cork) to Nepean re convicts waiting to embark; directions of contractor Richards to fitting up berths; requests 6 months advance, 14 March 1793 (Item ff.129-130)
Wickham (Police Office) re convict Simpson, on board Lion hulk at Portsmouth, 29 March 1793 (Item ff.207-208 (100))
Navy Office to George Rose that orders have been given for making out an account for expenses incurred in the settlement of N.S.W., 30 May 1793 (Item ff.423-424)
Letters and papers, July 1793 - October 1793 (File 26. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Proposal for maintaining and employing convicts by means of a new invented species of building...by Jeremy Bentham, 29 July 1793 (Item ff.203-209 (199))
Henry Thornton (London) to Dundas requesting reply to letter of 27 June, 12 August 1793 (Item ff.313-314)
John Shaw (Cork) proposes the capture of Island of Mauritius and transfer to it of Botany Bay Colony, 25 August 1793 (Item ff.404-405)
Sir Henry Martin (Navy Office) to King re ship for N.S.W., suggests Lt. Bowen to command, 27 August 1793 (Item ff.418-419 (40))
Clayton Tarleton (Liverpool) with list of convicts under sentence of transportation, 30 September 1793 (Item ff.633-635)
Grand Jury of City of London reporting on conditions in Newgate Gaol, especially those suffered by 60 female convicts awaiting transportation, 1 October 1793 (Item ff.663-664)
Letters and papers, November 1793 - December 1793 (File 27. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Lord Buckingham (Winchester) requesting removal of transportees from Aylesbury Gaol, encloses list, 10 November 1793 (Item ff.97-99)
C. Willoughby (Baldon House) requests removal of prisoner Davies to Botany Bay, 14 November 1793 (Item ff.149-150)
I. Isdaile requesting sentence of transportation for man under sentence of death, 5 December 1793 (Item ff.518-519)
Letters and papers, January 1794 - February 1794 (File 28. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Letters and papers, March 1794 - April 1794 (File 29. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Documents re Panoptican Penitentiary House proposed by Jeremy Bentham, 21 March 1794 (Item ff.132-154)
W. Wyndham (London) re ships sent out by late King of France in search of 'La Peyrouse', 22 March 1794 (Item ff.161-162)
Jeremy Bentham with proposal for a new and less expensive mode of employing and reforming convicts, Panoptical convict proposal, 1793, 30 March 1794 (Item ff.253-260)
Mr Humphrey to Evan Nepan esq, seeks advice on how Mr Humphrey and his agent should act, 30 March 1794 (Item f. 261)
The Bishop of Worcester (Hartlebury castle) supports the application of Dr Evans for a royal dispensation to be submitted for his majesty's consideration, 31 March 1794 (Item f. 263)
Rev Dr Thomas Evans solicits dispensation, no date (Item f. 265)
Rev Evans senior canon of Catherdral church of Worcester, solicits a dispensation from the said residence after 30 years of service as old age and infirmity have made him unable to carry out his duties.
To the Rt Hon William Pitt esq (Downing street Westminster) regarding meetings at seditions club, 31 March 1794 (Item f. 269)
sent from Seditions club, 3 New Compton street.
M. Warburton (Childers Deptford) to Henry Dundas, principle secretary of state (Whitehall), re granting pardons to convicts providing they are willing to serve in the British navy, 31 March 1794 (Item f. 271)
Mr Thompson's bill for the expenses of witnesses, in the prosecution of Lawrence Friend for the murder of his wife, March 1794 (Item f. 275)
William Ogilvie re observations on the means of repelling an invasion, March 1794 (Item f. 281-288)
copy. Pagination skips around as follows; 281, 282, 287, 283, 284, 285, 286, 288.
List of foreigners arrived at the Port of Harwich since the 1st of April 1794, 19 April 1794 (Item f. 289)
Letters and papers, August 1794 - December 1794 (File 33. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
David Jacobs (Westminster) petition on behalf of transportee John Gammell, 2 August 1794 (Item ff.52-55)
Petition on behalf of John Sharpless under sentence of death at Bedford Gaol, [n.d.] (Item ff.125-126)
Philip Deck (Bury) re respite for Daniel Chaplin under sentence of death at Ipswich, 29 August 1794 (Item ff.272-273)
Philip Patton (Transport Office) to John King that Young William be fitted for reception of Mr Hibbins, Judge Advocate for Norfolk Island, his wife and child, 15 September 1794 (Item f.293)
Petitions on behalf of transportees William Lacey and Joseph Small Salt, 16 September 1794 (Item ff.299-300)
Cpt. Christian (Transport Board) re demands of owners of ship destined for N.S.W., 26 September 1794 (Item ff.303-304)
Petition on behalf of George Clarkson, sentenced to death at Hereford, 27 September 1794 (Item ff.305-307)
Letters and papers, January 1795 - May 1795 (File 34. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Thomas Parker (Canterbury) requesting removal of transportee James Owenson, 28 January 1795 (Item f.62 (23))
Thomas Mould (Appleby) petition on behalf of transportee Francis Boydall, 4 February 1795 (Item ff.67-69 (30))
George Hollis (Winchester) requesting removal of female transportees, 11 March 1795 (Item ff.182-185 (65))
Encloses Calendar of prisoners in the County gaol of Winchester, 3 March 1795
Whitehead (Transport Office) to Carter the Sovereign, the only ship at present under orders for N.S.W., is already overcrowded, 14 March 1795 (Item f.203 (10))
J.G. Lisle (Newgate), petition, 14 March 1795 (Item ff.204-205 (17))
[Note on 205v 'letter from Maj. Semple'].
Letters and papers, June 1795 - August 1795 (File 35. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
J. Bradley (London) re expenses for convicts on board Fortune and Lion, 3 July 1795 (Item f.77 (183))
M. Ridley (London) requesting removal of female transportees from Newcastle Gaol, 21 July 1795 (Item f.234)
Sir Christopher Willoughby (Oxford) requesting that deaf and blind convict, William Truelock, be sent to Botany Bay, 25 July 1795 (Item ff.265-267)
Thomas Bayley (Hope), 28 July 1795 (Item ff.278-280)
Enclosing 'Kalendar of all the Prisoners left in the House of Correction at Manchester...27 July 1795.' (Printed) (sentences added).
W. Rose (Serjeants Inn) with list of prisoners to be taken in service of Navy and those for transportation, 5 August 1795 (Item ff.351-352)
R.A. Neville (Billingbear) on behalf of John Silver, sentenced to death, 7 August 1795 (Item ff.363-365)
Sir John Eamer (London), 12 August 1795 (Item ff.396-398)
Enclosing: John Kirby (Newgate) re plight of female convicts awaiting transportation. 12 August 1795.
Letters and papers, September 1795 - November 1795 (File 36. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Lt. Pearce (Brompton) re expenses incurred in proceeding to Nootka, with account of route taken, 24 November 1795 (Item ff.164-168 (126, 125))
Sir Phillip Hales to Mr King. Requests delivery of enclosed address of troops to his majesty., 28 November 1795 (Item f. 169 (75))
Letters and papers, December 1795 (File 37. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Letters and papers, May 1796 - December 1796 (File 39. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Letters and papers, January 1797 - May 1797 (File 40. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
James Willcocks (London) to John King that Lady Shore is at Gravesend with female convicts for N.S.W., 28 March 1797 (Item f.100)
Transport Office to Duke of Portland re naval stores for Governor Hunter, 15 February 1797 (Item ff.203-205)
Enclosing copy of: 13 February 1797. Stephen Rains (Deptford) to Transport Board re sails for Francis.
Letters and papers, June 1797 - December 1797 (File 41. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Transport Office to J. King forwarding invoice for 'Ironmongery etc...' for use of settlers in N.S.W. shipped on Buffalo [wanting], 21 December 1797 (Item f.45)
Transport Office to John King re chartering of vessel to carry 300 male convicts to N.S.W.; suggests the government undertakes victualling of the ship, 22 July 1797 (Item ff.134-135)
Transport Office to John King, 18 July 1797 (Item ff.136-142)
Enclosing papers re the chartering by Governor Hunter of Britannia to carry to England 'a number of distressed invalids and other persons who are stated to be an useless expense to government and a burden upon the settlement' of N.S.W...
Transport Office to John King with invoices and lists of ironware and supplies sent to N.S.W. on Barwell and copy of letter to Governor Hunter, 3 October 1797 (Item ff.183-194)
Michael Hogan (London) to J. King and Duke of Portland re scheme to supply N.S.W. with cattle, 15 September 1797 - 23 September 1797 (Item ff.201-205)
Transport Office to Charles Greville, 22 September 1797 (Item ff.206-207)
Enclosing copy of: 21 September 1797. Admiralty to Transport Office that Princess has been ordered to Duncannon to remove convicts.
Transport Office to J. King enclosing list of persons who have returned from Botany Bay on Britannia, 26 July 1797 (Item ff.232-234)
Transport Office to John King re complaint of Ensign Bayly of N.S.W. Corp. re his accommodation on board Barwell, 7 October 1797 (Item ff.250-252)
Encloses copy of: 6 October 1797. Henry Parker to Transport Board report on Bayly's accommodation.
Transport Office to John King that Barwell is ready to receive the guard and convicts, 20 August 1797 (Item f.257)
Memorandum of agreement between James Love and Richard Bower, and John Thompson, 19 August 1797 (Item f. 260-261)
Document witnessed by Fred Campbell
George Cherry (Victualling Office) to J. King re payment made by Governor Hunter for supplies for Benelong, a native of N.S.W., 24 August 1797 (Item f.262)
Dr Carpenter (Bristol) to Duke of Portland enquiring what is government policy in respect to persons seeking to be free settlers at Botany Bay, 11 October [1797] (Item ff.296-297)
Transport Office to John King re gratuity to be paid to William Beake, appointed by John White to go out as Surgeon to N.S.W., for safe delivery of convicts on board Indispensible, 7 October 1797 (Item ff.302-307)
Encloses:...
Letters and papers, January 1798 - March 1798 (File 42. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Transport Office to King enclosing copies of bills for weaving implements intended for N.S.W., 21 March 1798 (Item ff.12-18)
Transport Office to King enclosing invoice for iron shipped to N.S.W. on Barwell, 17 January 1798 (Item ff.37-39 [A])
Letters and papers, April 1798 - June 1798 (File 43. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
William Roome (London) to Duke of Portland, 30 June 1798 (Item ff.192-196)
Enclosing prospectus for Honesty no Protection from a gaol...or serious thoughts on the continual crouded [sic] state of the prisons - against transporting 'such amazing numbers of Englishmen'.
Broomes, has returned from Lancaster, encloses the receipt for the person of Simmons, 30 June 1798 (Item f. 197)
Took a cautionary detour to avoid the direct roads and towns as Simmons is so well known there.
Transport Office to John King with list of stores sent to Governor Hunter, 11 May 1799 [sic] (Item ff.230-233)
Letters and papers, July 1798 - August 1798 (File 44. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Transport Office to John King, 28 May 1798 (Item ff.78-88 [A])
Enclosing copy of account by Simon Murchinson, 2nd Officer, of seizure of Lady Shore enroute to N.S.W. by soldiers of N.S.W. Corps.
Transport Office to John King, 11 July 1798 (Item ff.89-94)
21 January 1798. Simon Murchison (Tobago, Table Bay) to Donald Campbell (Cape of Good Hope) with further particulars re mutiny on board Lady Shore.
Victualling Office to King re amount of pork which can be shipped on Porpoise to Governor Hunter, 3 September 1798 (Item ff.148-149)
Letters and papers, October 1798 - December 1798 (File 45. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Duncan and John Campbell (London) to Duke of Portland re convicts under sentence of transportation (enclosures wanting), 6 October 1798 (Item f.262)
Letters and papers, January 1799 - March 1799 (File 46. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Transport Office to John King re provision of guard for Friendship and Luz St. Anna, hired to convey 300 convicts from Ireland to N.S.W., 6 March 1799 (Item ff.38-39)
J.G. Lisle (aka Maj. Semple) (on board Brilliant at sea) re journey to England, 'accuser as I am of the mutineers', 21 February 1799 (Item ff.45-46 (52))
Letters and papers, April 1799 - May 1799 (File 47. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Letters and papers, June 1799 - December 1799 (File 48. AJCP Reel No: 7205)
Memorandum re four transportees who have returned from N.S.W. before expiration of their terms of transportation; three in Newgate whose time has expired, [n.d.] (Item f.15 (60))
List of stores ordered by the Treasury to be sent to the settlement at N.S.W., 17 February 1800 [sic] (Item f.78)
Letters and papers, January 1800 - April 1800 (File 49. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Duncan and John Campbell (London) to Duke of Portland with returns of convicts sentenced to transportation (wanting), 11 January 1800 (Item f.67)
Thomas Hynston (?) [npl.] re prisoners at Chelmsford prison; requests Noel Wright under sentence of death be transported, 18 January 1800 (Item ff.68-69)
J.G. Lisle [npl.] to Richard Ford re bail, willing to go abroad to purchase corn, 26 April 1800 (Item ff.222-223)
Navy Office to John King with account of stores shipped on board Porpoise for use of the colony in N.S.W., 19 February 1800 (Item ff.265-267)
George Hollis (Winchester) to John King re sentences of transportation passed at recent assizes, 14 March 1800 (Item ff.327-328)
Letters and papers, May 1800 - August 1800 (File 50. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
John Hollins (La Fortunee) to Lord Kenyon re conditions on board hulks at Portsmouth, 24 May 1800 (Item ff.128-131)
Transport Office to Duke of Portland re loss of life on transport Hillsborough bound for N.S.W., 11 June 1800 (Item ff.177-213)
Encloses copies of correspondence with John King, Captain Patton (Hillsborough), Sir Jerome Fitzpatrick (Agent, Portsmouth), D. Campbell (Simons Town), Governor Hunter (Sydney) re fitting out of Hillsborough and health of the convicts (1798-1800).
William Goldson (Portsmouth) to Duke of Portland re inquiry into conditions on hulks, 17 June 1800 (Item ff.251-252)
T. Bayley (Hope) to Duke of Portland with list of convicts under sentence of transportation, 21 June 1800 (Item ff.272-273)
Wm. Goldson (Portsmouth), 23 June 1800 (Item ff.281-318)
Report of an investigation made into the state of the convicts confined on board Ceres, La Fortunee, and Lion hulks in the harbours of Langston and Portsmouth. (Includes testimony from convicts, masters and townspeople.)
Transport Office to Duke of Portland that Earl Cornwallis has been hired to send 200 male and 100 female convicts to N.S.W., 4 July 1800 (Item ff.359-360)
John Schank (Transport Office) re differences between him and Transport Office concerning carriage of convicts to N.S.W. (Refers to Hillsborough, 8 July 1800 (Item ff.381-386)
John Wilson (London) of Duke of Portland requesting that Officers of Earl Cornwallis be allowed to carry merchandise on own account, 24 July 1800 (Item ff.420-421)
Letters and papers, September 1800 (File 51. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Transport Office to John King forwarding invoices for goods on Earl Cornwallis (Wanting), 3 September 1800 (Item ff.25-26 (64-65))
Letters and papers, January 1801 - April 1801 (File 56. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
[None of Governor Hunter's letters are in the file]
Wm. Chinnery (Treasury) to John King re payment of salary to Capt. Townson, Lt. Gov. of Norfolk Island, 8 January 1800 [sic., should be 1801] (Item ff.10-11)
Charles Long (Treasury) to John King re letters from Governor Hunter on expenses of Norfolk Island, 9 January 1801 (Item f.12)
Charles Long (Treasury) to John King requesting estimate of bills for N.S.W., 21 January 1801 (Item f.23)
Clementson and Denton (London) to Duke of Portland re salary of Thomas Laycock, Deputy Commissary at N.S.W., 4 March 1801 (Item f.82)
Clementson and Denton (London) to Duke of Portland re salary of James Thomson, Assistant Surgeon, N.S.W., 4 March 1801 (Item f.83)
Charles Long (Treasury) to John King re letter from Governor Hunter re expenses of Norfolk Island, 5 March 1801 (Item f.89)
Charles Long (Treasury) to John King re letter from Governor Hunter re expenses of N.S.W., 17 March 1801 (Item f.103)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letter from Governor Hunter re expenses of Norfolk Island, 24 April 1801 (Item f.151)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letters from Governor Hunter re expenses of N.S.W., 16 April 1801 (Item f.154)
Letters and papers, May 1801 - August 1801 (File 57. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
[None of Gov. Hunter's or Gov. King's letters are in file.]
John Townson [npl.] to John King re his salary while Governor of Norfolk Island, 1 May 1801 (Item ff.2-3)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letters from Gov. Hunter re expenses of N.S.W. (2 letters), 2 May 1801 (Item ff.4-5)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letters from Gov. Hunter re expenses of N.S.W., 7 May 1801 (Item f.8)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letter from Gov. Hunter re expenses of N.S.W., 27 May 1801 (Item f.42)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letters from Gov. Hunter re expenses of N.S.W. (4 letters), 28 May 1801 - 29 May 1801 (Item ff.57-60)
To Treasury re supplies which are to be sent yearly to N.S.W. and charges to be made (Draft), May 1801 (Item ff.61-64)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to E.F. Hatton re letters from Governors King and Hunter re expenses of N.S.W. (2 letters), 1 June 1801 (Item ff.68-69)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letters from Gov. King re expenses of N.S.W., 8 June 1801 (Item f.80)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letter from Gov. Hunter re expenses of N.S.W., 18 June 1801 (Item f.99)
J.K. Addington (Treasury) to John King re letter from Gov. King re expenses of N.S.W., 19 June 1801 (Item f.101)
To William Chinnery requesting he pay Gov. Hunter for expense of paying for a secretary (Draft), 27 July 1801 (Item ff.142-143)
Supplementary, May 1801 - December 1801 (File 62. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Sir Jerome Fitzpatrick (London) to Capt. Rains, 13 May 1801 (Item ff.47-50)
Re neccessary supplies (including lemon juice and sugar and medicines) to be put on board Canada, and Minorca and Nile transports for N.S.W.
Sir Jerome Fitzpatrick (London) to E.J. Hatton re ill health among convicts on hulk Prudentia and Monarch, 21 May 1801 (Item ff.97-98)
Zachariah Clark (London) to Duke of Portland, memorial re his services as Commissary of Norfolk Island, 10 June 1801 (Item ff.160-163)
Sir Jerome Fitzpatrick to Lord Pelham, 21 June 1802 (Item ff.187-188)
With lists of the convicts sent to N.S.W. on Canada, Minorca and Nile, on 21 June 1801, and on Coromandel and Perseus, 31 January 1802 showing trades and ages.
Henry Dundas to John King and draft reply re policy of transporting those convicts to N.S.W. whose sentences have only a short time to run, 24 June 1801 (Item ff.207-208)
Col. Eveleigh (Portsmouth) to Lord Pelham, 13 December 1801 (Item ff.593-594)
Requesting that certain named convicts be allowed to continue to be deployed on fortification of Fort Cumberland and not sent to Botany Bay.
Heads of plan for removing and employing convicts both in the hulks and in Botany Bay by Lord Pelham, 13 December 1801 (Item ff.595-606)
(Refers to returning ships to carry coal from N.S.W. to Cape of Good Hope; timber trade; convicts to be transported regularly twice a year to N.S.W. and not left on the hulks; French designs in Pacific to be counteracted). (2 copies, 2nd copy annotated).
Letters and papers, January 1802 - June 1802 (File 63. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Robert Douglas (London) re money owed to him for supporting seamen on Neptune, whose Master and Mate were charged with ill usage of convicts carried to Botany Bay in 1791, 22 February 1802 (Item ff.52-53)
Letters and papers, July 1802 - December 1802 (File 64. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Letters and papers, January 1802 - July 1802 (File 65. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Aaron Graham (Portsmouth) to John King re convicts sentenced for Botany Bay, 21 January 1802 (Item ff.168-169)
Aaron Graham (Portsmouth) to John King re convicts for Botany Bay, 19 January 1802 (Item ff.171-172)
Aaron Graham (Portsmouth) to John King re convicts for Botany Bay, 17 January 1802 (Item ff.173-174)
Supplementary, August 1802 - December 1802 (File 66. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Letters and papers, September 1804 - December 1804 (File 77. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Letters and papers, January 1805 - May 1805 (File 80. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
East India Company to Lord Hawkesbury re grant of charter for administration of justice at Prince of Wales Island, 28 March 1805 (Item ff.148-149)
Supplementary, August 1805 - December 1805 (File 83. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Letters and papers, May 1806 - August 1806 (File 85. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Letters and papers, September 1806 - December 1806 (File 86. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
George Shee to C. Wynne re Lord Spencer's request that two Otaheite boys should be conveyed to N.S.W., 6 October 1806 (Item ff.54-56)
Encloses extract from:...
Supplementary, 1806 (File 87. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Captain Francis Withers (London) to John King, 16 February 1806 (Item ff.92-95)
That all his papers were lost on capture of his ship by French off Cape of Good Hope; lost certificate from Gov. of N.S.W. re treatment of convicts on Experiment.
Jerome Fitzpatrick (?) (London) to Lord Spencer re his work selecting the convicts fit enough to travel to Botany Bay, 27 August 1806 (Item ff.650-653)
Supplementary, 1807 (File 91. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
A. Graham (Portsmouth) to C. Wynne re fitness of Duke of Portland for voyage to N.S.W., 4 January 1807 (Item ff.37-40)
A statement of the number of criminal offenders, male and female, committed to the different gaols in England and Wales for trial at the several assizes and sessions held during 1807, showing nature of crimes, sentences etc, and distinguishing numbers in each country. (Printed), [n.d.] (Item f.723)
Includes: figures for 'returning from transportation' and sentences of transportation.
Supplementary, 1808 (File 95. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Letters and papers, May 1809 - June 1809 (File 97. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Supplementary, 1809 (File 99. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Letters and papers, July 1810 - October 1810 (File 102. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Supplementary, May 1810 - June 1810 (File 107. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Supplementary, November 1810 - December 1810 (File 109. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
A statement of the number of persons, male and female, charged with criminal offences...London and Westminster and county of Middlesex for trial during 1810, showing nature of crimes and sentences. (Printed) (Item ff.17-18)
A statement of the number of persons charged with criminal offences...England and Wales...1810, showing nature of crimes and sentences. (Printed) (Item ff.19-20)
Letters and papers, January 1811 - March 1811 (File 110. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Letters and papers, October 1811 - December 1811 (File 113. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Treasury to H. Goulburn re payment of 10/6 per head to G.H. Main, Surgeon Indian, for each convict landed in health at N.S.W., 8 November 1811 (Item ff.108-109)
Supplementary, June 1811 - August 1811 (File 116. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Act to explain and amend the laws relating to transportation, imprisonment and other punishment of certain offenders, 1779. (Printed) (Item ff.250-271)
Report from the committee who were appointed to consider the several returns which have been made to the order of the House of Commons on 16 December 1778 (Item ff.280-294)
'That there be laid before this House, an account of persons convicted of felonies or misdemeanours...' 1784. (Printed) (Refers to transportation).
Supplementary, September 1811 - November 1811 (File 117. AJCP Reel No: 7206)
Papers concerning J. Harold, transported from Ireland on Minerva in 1799, obtained pardon from Gov. Macquarie, seeking to return to Ireland, 9 November 1811 (Item ff.249-256)
Letters and papers, January 1812 (File 119. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
'Pro Bono Publico' to Ryder that all transportees should be branded on both cheeks with 'TA', 14 January 1812 (Item ff.67-68)
Transport Office to Beckett re supplies of clothing and medicines for convicts about to be sent from Ireland to N.S.W., 15 January 1812 (Item ff.301-302)
Letters and papers, February 1812 (File 120. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Robert Peel (Colonial Office) to Beckett re named individuals from Holland intending to go to Java on American ship Vigilant, intercepted by H.M.S. La Desiree and landed at Yarmouth, 14 February 1812 (Item ff.42-43)
Robert Peel (Colonial Office) to Beckett that Colonel De Nijs and others do not wish to return to Holland, 22 February 1812 (Item ff.182-183)
Letters and papers, May 1812 (File 123. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
H. Hobhouse (Chester) to J. Beckett re sentencing at Cheshire Special Commission, 25 May 1812, 30 May 1812 (Item ff.69-73)
Encloses:...
C. Potts (Chester) to R. Ryder re prisoners under sentence of transportation, 9 May 1812 (Item ff.75-78)
Lists of convictions and sentences at Cheshire and Lancashire Special Commissions, May 1812 (Item ff.83-92)
Extract from a Report of the Committee of the House of Commons on the laws relating to Penitentiary Houses (Printed), 31 May 1811 (Item ff.217-218)
Letters and papers, November 1812 (File 129. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Letters and papers, December 1812 (File 130. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Letters and papers, April 1813 - May 1813 (File 133. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Letters and papers, June 1813 - July 1813 (File 134. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Transport Office to Lord Sidmouth re charter of Catherine to carry 80 female convicts from Cork to N.S.W. (enclosure wanting), 29 July 1813 (Item f.24)
Lord Sidmouth to E. Wilbraham Bootle re transportees Tomlinson and Kelly, 24 July 1813 (Item f.75)
[Letter of 21st not in file]
Transport Office to Lord Sidmouth re 199 male convicts landed from Guildford at N.S.W. on 29 February 1812. [Enclosure wanting], 23 July 1813 (Item f.79)
Transport Office to Lord Sidmouth re charter of Three Bees to carry 223 male convicts from Cork to N.S.W., 24 July 1813 (Item ff.83-86)
Encloses:...
Watkin Price (Brecknock) to Lord Sidmouth re safe delivery of convicts from Guildford. [Enclosure wanting], 22 July 1813 (Item ff.88-89)
Lord Sidmouth to Thomas Prosser re removal of transportees from Monmouth Gaol, 1 July 1813 (Item ff.202-203)
Letters and papers, August 1813 - November 1813 (File 135. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Transport Board to J. Beckett re late arrival of Three Bees and Catherine, 17 August 1813 (Item ff.82-83)
Calendar of prisoners for summer assizes, Winchester, 27 July 1813 (Item ff.180-181)
[Details of transportees]
Morton Pitt (Kingston) to Lord [Sidmouth] that considers the female penitentiary house the correct place to send women sentenced to transportation rather than send them to N.S.W., 8 September 1813 (Item ff.228-229)
William Allen (London) to Lord Sidmouth re convict William Morgan, 11 October 1813 (Item ff.400-402)
Lord Sidmouth to W. Allen that Morgan' s sentence to be commuted to transportation, 15 October 1813 (Item f.423)
Letters and papers, July 1814 - September 1814 (File 140. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Peter Archer Mulgrave (London) to John Beckett, 10 September 1814 (Item ff.167-172)
Wishing to be considered for position of naval officer at Van Diemen's Land, N.S.W. and enclosing memorial and copies of letters re telegraphic communication in Channel Islands effected by him in 1809.
Letters and papers, October 1814 - December 1814 (File 141. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Transport Office to Lord Sidmouth re safe arrival of Archduke Charles at N.S.W. with convicts from Ireland. [Enclosure wanting], 9 December 1814 (Item f.102)
D.R. Callan (Plymouth) to Lord Sidmouth enclosing memorial from his wife Elen Callan, daughter of Robert Ross, formerly Governor of Norfolk Island, seeking a government position for her husband, 14 November 1814 (Item ff.159-160)
Transport Office re arrival of Wanstead at N.S.W.; Capt. Moore to get usual gratuity. [Enclosure wanting], 18 November 1814 (Item ff.176-177)
Letters and papers, July 1815 - August 1815 (File 145. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
John Capper (London) to John Beckett re changes in law re transportation. [Enclosure wanting], 8 July 1815 (Item ff.37-38)
Lord Sidmouth to Lord Lyndock that cannot recommend lessening of sentence for John Flack; details of his crimes, 15 July 1815 (Item ff.71-72)
Transport Office to J. Beckett re charter of Guildford and Alexander to carry convicts from Cork to N.S.W., 28 July 1815 (Item ff.108-109)
Richard Hughes (London) to ? re service as Surgeon on General Hewitt, convict ship, to N.S.W., 29 August 1815 (Item ff.161-164)
Encloses:...
H. Bunbury (Colonial Office) to John Beckett, 15 August 1815 (Item ff.321-322)
Re letter from F. Garling, passenger on Francis-Eliza, convict ship, stating 'the inconvenience attending the sending of male and female convicts in same vessel to N.S.W.' [Enclosure wanting]
Transport Office to Lord Sidmouth re good conduct of William Mitchell, Master of Earl Spencer, on voyage to N.S.W., 9 August 1815 (Item ff.363-364)
Encloses:...
Letters and papers, September 1815 - October 1815 (File 146. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Rev. George Gaskin (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge) re supply of bibles and prayer books for use of convicts on way to N.S.W., 18 October 1815 (Item ff.5-6)
Transport Office to Lord Sidmouth re good conduct of Alexander Scott, Master of Somersetshire, carrying convicts from England to N.S.W., 3 October 1815 (Item ff.66-68)
Encloses:...
Letters and papers, January 1816 - February 1816 (File 148. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Transport Office to Lord Sidmouth re good conduct of George Betham, Master of Marquis of Wellington, carrying convicts from England to N.S.W., 23 January 1816 (Item ff.82-84)
Encloses:...
Transport Board to John Beckett re charter of Surry to convey convicts from Ireland to N.S.W., 17 January 1816 (Item ff.134-135)
Letters and papers, March 1816 - April 1816 (File 149. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Petition of Urban Fidkin to be allowed to go to N.S.W. as a free settler; he has £700 to be employed in the colony in agriculture and commerce; he does not want to take out his wife and two children, April 1816 (Item ff.122-123)
Letters and papers, July 1816 - August 1816 (File 152. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Letters and papers, December 1816 (File 156. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
J.B. Hugo (London) to Lord Sidmouth re restoration of his property detained by 'government at South Wales' (sic), 28 November 1816 (Item ff.271-272)
Letters and papers, January 1817 (File 158. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
James West (London) to Lord Sidmouth forwarding certificates on behalf of his brother Major West, Surgeon of convict ship Francis and Eliza [Enclosure wanting], 29 January 1817 (Item f.317)
Messrs Maude (London) to Lord Sidmouth re arrival of 81 female convicts and 4 children on Alexander, 14 January 1817 (Item ff.538-539)
Encloses list of stores on Alexander.
Transport Office to Lord Sidmouth forwarding certificate of Gov. Macquarie re good conduct of Master of Northampton. [Enclosure wanting], 13 January 1817 (Item ff.549-550)
Letters and papers, 20 April 1817 - 30 April 1817 (File 164. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
R. Cresen (London) to Lord Sidmouth requesting gratuity for John Grigg, Master of convict ship Canada, for landing convicts in 'good order', 23 April 1817 (Item f.362)
[Pencil note on back that certificate returned]
Lord Bathurst (Colonial Office) to Lord Sidmouth, 23 April 1817 (Item ff.452, 454, 455, 456, 457)
That intends to establish a Commission into the future of N.S.W.; problems of free settlers and methods of enforcing discipline among convicts; 'transportation to N.S.W. is becoming neither an object of apprehension here, nor the means of reformation in the settlement itself'. [Folios misplaced and numbered in wrong sequence].
Letters and papers, May 1817 (File 165. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Lord Sidmouth to Duke of Clarence re convict William Raines, expects sentence of death to be commuted to transportation, 24 May 1817 (Item ff.140-141)
Sir William Garrow (London) to Lord Sidmouth re Cpt. Hannay, sentenced to transportation for dealing in slaves, 1 May 1817 (Item ff.164-165)
C.G. Mundy (Burton) to L. Allsopp that Slater's wife wishes to go with him to N.S.W., 16 May 1817 (Item ff.310-311)
Letters and papers, July 1817 (File 168. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Letters and papers, August 1817 (File 169. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Letters and papers, September 1817 - October 1817 (File 170. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
James Gilchrist (London) to Lord Sidmouth that his name has been linked with that of convict Stepely on board Larkins en route to Botany Bay, charged with forgery, 4 October 1817 (Item ff.125-126)
Lord Sidmouth [to Gilchrist] that no convicts named Gilchrist or Stepely are on board Larkins, [n.d.] (Item f.127)
Navy Office to John H. Addington re charter of Minerva to carry 160 male convicts from Cork to N.S.W. [Enclosures wanting], 11 September 1817 (Item f.289)
Lord Sidmouth to Lord Verulum re petitions of Joseph and Susannah Catlin, capital convicts, 13 October 1817 (Item f.382)
Thomas Byde (Ware Park) to Lord Sidmouth requesting removal of transportees, 15 October 1817 (Item ff.383-387)
Letters and papers, November 1817 (File 171. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Edward Milward (Hastings) to Lord Sidmouth, 7 November 1817 (Item ff.187-188)
That observed criminals now welcome the punishment of transportation, 'to Botany Bay, where they have been taught to expect greater comforts of every kind than are to be found in their own country' suggests confinement in hulks as alternative punishment.
Letters and papers, March 1818 (File 175. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Messrs Ommaney and Druce (London) to Lord Sidmouth forwarding medical journal of George Clayton, Surgeon of convict ship Shipley. [Enclosures wanting], 12 March 1818 (Item ff.311-312)
F. Van der Gucht (London) to H. Hobhouse forwarding memorial of Capt. John Drake of convict transport Chapman re prosecution against him. [Enclosures wanting], 25 March 1819 (sic) (Item ff.481-482)
Letters and papers, April 1818 (File 176. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
R. Butt (King's Bench Prison) to Lord Sidmouth requesting to know when his sentence of transportation expires, 3 April 1818 (Item ff.34-35)
R. Butt (King's Bench Prison) to Lord Sidmouth as to correct office to which to address his enquiry, 5 April 1818 (Item ff.54-55)
Letters and papers, May 1818 - June 1818 (File 177. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Samuel Bromley (Deptford) to Lord Sidmouth enclosing diary of his brother Dr Edward Bromley, Surgeon on board convict ship Almorah to N.S.W. [Diary wanting], 24 June 1818 (Item ff.69-70)
William Evans (London) to Lord Sidmouth forwarding certificate of Gov. Macquarie [wanting] re his conduct as Surgeon on convict ship Sir William Beasley, 19 June 1818 (Item ff.117-118)
William and Thomas Witherby (London) to Lord Sidmouth acting on behalf of Henry Witherby, Surgeon of transport Indefatigable, who died at Cape of Good Hope. [Documents wanting], [May 1818?] (Item ff.285-286)
Edward Lechmore (London) to Lord Sidmouth on behalf of transportee William James, 28 May 1818 (Item ff.295-296)
Moncrief (London) to Lord Sidmouth enclosing certificate from Gov. Macquarie [wanting] as to his conduct as Master of a convict ship, 26 May 1818 (Item ff.313-314)
Letters and papers, July 1818 (File 178. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Thomas Raine (London) to Lord Sidmouth forwarding certificate from Gov. Macquarie [wanting] as to his good conduct as Master of Surry, 20 July 1818 (Item ff.138A-139)
Van der Gucht (London) to Lord Sidmouth requesting copy of deposition in the case of Alexander Dewar, late Surgeon of transport Chapman, 18 July 1818 (Item ff.157-158)
Patrick Hill (London) to Lord Sidmouth forwarding journal of voyage as Surgeon on Atlas transport to N.S.W. [wanting], 16 July 1818 (Item ff.161-162)
Van der Grucht (London) to Lord Sidmouth requesting return of journal kept by Surgeon Dewar in order to prepare defence to charge of murder on board Chapman, 15 July 1818 (Item ff.175-176)
Letters and papers, August 1818 (File 179. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
George Maule (London) to Henry Hobhouse enclosing the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor General on case King v. Dewar and others, re events on board Chapman, 12 August 1818 (Item ff.494-499)
Duke of York (London) to Lord Sidmouth re Lt. Busteed of 69th Regiment [re events on Chapman]. (Document wanting), 12 August 1818 (Item ff.500-501)
Letters and papers, November-December 1818 and undated (File 182. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
George Maule (London) to Henry Hobhouse that date of trial for persons charged re events on board Chapman is fixed for 11 January 1819, 7 December 1818 (Item ff.6-7)
Alexander Dewar (London) to Lord Sidmouth re charges against him re events on board Chapman, 4 December 1818 (Item ff.22-23)
Van der Gucht (London) to Lord Sidmouth re charges against John Drake, Master of Chapman, 1 December 1818 (Item ff.30-31)
Alexander Dewer (London) to Lord Sidmouth requesting immediate trial in case of events on board Chapman, 9 November 1818 (Item ff.94-95)
Theodore Price (Birmingham) to Lord Sidmouth re expense of transportation; proposes introduction of probationary asylums for offenders, 30 November 1818 (Item ff.412-414)
Letters and papers, January 1819 (File 183. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Joseph Maitland (India House) to Lord Sidmouth re convict D. Warden, 22 January 1819 (Item ff.148-149)
John Baird (London) to James Pattison re David Warden, sentenced to seven years transportation, whose transport, Baring has returned to port for repairs after grounding on Goodwin Sands, 7 January 1819 (Item ff.150-151)
David Warden (Baring) to his parents re grounding of Baring on Goodwin Sands; encloses a petition to Sir Charles Price, 19 January [1819] (Item ff.152-153)
Letters and papers, February 1819 (File 184. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
W. Wilberforce (London) to Lord Sidmouth re Elizabeth, wife of transportee Robert Gray, who wishes to go to N.S.W. with her children; encloses memorial as to character of Elizabeth Gray and details of children, 3 February 1819 (Item ff.108-111)
Letters and papers, March 1819 (File 185. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Sir Gilbert Blaine to Lord Sidmouth re design of convict ships to prevent spread of disease [Enclosure wanting], 8 March 1819 (Item ff.44-45)
John Dunford (Shrewsbury) to Lord Sidmouth that three or four local families wish to emigrate to N.S.W., 4 March 1819 (Item ff.82-83)
Letters and papers, 1798 (File 209. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
Letters and papers, 1795 - 1796 (File 211. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
J. Planta (British Museum) to Duke of Portland re his letter to Sir Joseph Banks ordering 'an ample collection of natural or artificial curiosities' brought back on Discovery from South Seas be deposited in the British Museum, 18 February 1796 (Item f.274)
Letters and papers, 1800 (File 215. AJCP Reel No: 7207)
P. Deare (Office for Auditing the Public Accounts) to John King enclosing a list of superintendents, storekeepers and other civil officers in N.S.W. who have received salaries from Mr Commissary Palmer, by order of the Gov. or Lt. Gov., 5 March 1800 (Item ff.24-26)
List gives: name, occupation, rate, balance of salary due 31 December 1792, during 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796 and augmentation of salary from 10 October 1793 to 31 December 1795.
Fonds HO. Prison Department and Inspectorate, 1802 - 1869
Series HO 8. Convict Prisons, 1824 - 1869
Quarterly list of prisoners in British prisons and hulks giving name and details of age, offence, and convictions, surgeons' reports, and behaviour. The "remarks" column shows the date of tranportation where appropriate.
Series HO 9. Convict Prisons, Miscellaneous Registers, 1802 - 1849
Registers of the convicts on hulks in Chatham, Devonport, Portsmouth and Woolwich with varying details of offence, conviction, character, behaviour in gaol, and sometimes date and place of transportation.
Registers of convicts on hulks in Chatham, Woolwich and Devonport, 1803 - 1836 (File 1-4. AJCP Reel No: 4879)